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Banggai Cardinal fin rot (need help ASAP) (1 Viewer)

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Dang, the first sentence made me think you were going to say you lost him. Glad he is recovering. No more new livestock for at least a month.
And make sure you have a qt setup for any new fish. Read @Humblefish articles on proper qt procedures. Once you start establishing some history with a fish, it sucks to lose them to stupid mistakes.
 
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Yeah it was a scary experience, I noticed his condition worsening during the dip and immediately took him out; very glad to have saved him. My plan is to stock a Goby (or) molly miller blenny in 1 month, along with a 2nd cleaner shrimp and then leave that for a month or so minimum before trying coral. I worry about a yellow watchman in my size tank, although they are listed as nano fish on some sites along with the orange spotted goby but I hesitate due to the "large" size
 

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The yellow watchman pretty much stays in a burrow and will probably be ok in there. But you are correct, some of the gobies get pretty big. Word of advice on the watchman, they will burrow under your rocks so make sure the rocks are on the BOTTOM of the tank and not just sitting on your sand bed. I have seen them burrow under a rock and shift the sand, causing the rock settle and squash them. I usually recommend doing your aquascape BEFORE adding sand so that your rocks are stable, regardless to what happens to your sand.

Also cleaner shrimp can be territorial unless you get lucky and get a mated male/female pair. I would not go with more than one cleaner shrimp at a time. I have seen one kill another over territory.
 
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